Are inhaled medications effective and safe in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation?
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Essential medications can be delivered as inhaled drugs to critically ill patients in the ICU who require mechanical ventilation to breathe. Aerosol drug delivery is highly complex, and if not done properly the medication will not reach the lungs and therapy will be ineffective. Researchers have reviewed the efficacy and safety of aerosol delivery of drugs used in the ICU.